McAfee E-Business Server administration utility service denial of service
| mcafee-ebusiness-utility-dos (33730) |  Low Risk |
Description:
McAfee E-Business Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of authentication packets in the administration utility service. By sending a specially-crafted authentication packet with an overly large length value, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the affected service.
Platforms Affected:
- McAfee, E-Business Server 8.1
- McAfee, E-Business Server 8.5.1
Remedy:
Refer to the McAfee Security Bulletin for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- McAfee Security Bulletin, e-Business Server 8.5.2 or 8.1.1 fixes a possible degrade of service vulnerability for the e-Business administration utility service [612751] at https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=612751&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC.
- McAfee Web site, McAfee E-Business Server at http://www.mcafee.com/us/smb/products/encryption/ebusiness_server.html.
- BID-23544: McAfee E-Business Administration Server Authentication Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-2151: The administration server in McAfee e-Business Server before 8.1.1 and 8.5.x before 8.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a large length value in a malformed authentication packet, which triggers a heap over-read.
- SA24893: McAfee e-Business Server Authentication Packet Processing Denial Of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1017929: McAfee E-Business Server Administration Interface Can Be Crashed By Remote Users Sending Invalid Packet Length Header Values
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1434: McAfee e-Business Server Administration Service Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Reported:
Apr 18, 2007
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